Device for winding loose wire



(No Model.)

Patented May 30, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

NEWTON RULE, OF ORILLA, IOWA.

DEVICE FORWINDING LOOSE WIRE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 498,307, dated May 30, 1893.

Application filed July 22, 1892- Serial No. 440,857. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NEWTON'RULE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Orilla, in the county of Warren and State of Iowa, have invented a. certain new and useful Device for Winding Loose Wire, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide means adapted for attachment to a movable support, by which loose fence wire lying upon the ground or in other analogous positions, may be gathered and wound upon a reel synchronously with the advancement of the movable support over the ground.-

A further object of my invention is to be found in the provision of means whereby the reeling device may be turned into difierent positions relative to the movable support as is required to collect the wire from different directions relative to the path of advancement of said support.

My invention consists in the details of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device mounted in position for practical use. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged rear View of the device, the reel being detached. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view of one end of the yoke, the clutch device, and one end of the rotatable shaft. Fig. 5 is an inner face View of the clutch device. of the rests. Fig. 7 is a top view of the same. Fig. 8 is an edge view of the remaining rest. Fig. 9 is a top view of the same.

In the construction of the device as shown, the numeral 10 designates a rest or clip, provided with an integral upwardly extending lug 11, and a perforation 12. The clip 10 is secured upon the under side of the bottom of the wagon box 13, and projects outward therefrom, the lug 11 impinging against the outer edge of said wagon box.

The numeral 14 designates a rest or clip, provided with a downwardly extending lug 15 adapted to overlap and engage the sideboard 16 of the wagon box 13. A set screw 17, provides means for securing the clip 14 to the sideboard 16. A bearing 18 is formed on the Fig. 6 is an end view of one,

outer face of the clip 14, and a pivot19is vertically mounted in said bearing and extends downward therefrom to and through the perforation 12 in the clip 10.

A yoke 20 is integrally mounted upon the upper end of the pivot 19, the upper ends of the arms of which yoke are. horizontally apertured and have mounted therein a crank shaft 21. Mounted upon the inner end portion of the crank shaft 21 within the yoke 20, is a hub 22, and directly opposite to said hub at the other side of said yoke is an angular enlargement 23 on the said shaft. Mounted upon the enlargement 23 of the shaft 21 is a clutch 24, transversely apertured at 25, which aperture is angular and of like dimension with the said enlargement. The clutch 24 is provided with arms 25, 25, extending inward therefrom at right angles thereto.

Mouu ted upon the shaft 21 between the hub 22 and the clutch 24 is a wire reel 26 of common form, the arms of which wire reel are perforated, the hub 22, and the annular portion 27.

of the clutch 24 being within said apertures, the arms 25, 25, of said clutch overlapping one of the arms of said reel and engaging the same.

A collar 28 is shrunkon the shaft 21 adjacent to the crank thereof, and a nut 29 is mounted upon the screw threaded outer end of said shaft, the said collar and nut conjunctively operating to limit the longitudinal movement of said crank shaft.

A handle 30 is mounted within the base of the yoke 20, and projects horizontally outward therefrom at right angles thereto, which handle is removable and replaceable, and is adapted to be used in turning the said yoke horizontally relative to the wagon box.

In the practical use of my device, when it is desired to reel and wind wirewhich is lying loose upon the ground along given lines, the said device is mounted upon a wagon box as shown in Fig. 1, and one end of said wire secured to the reel 26, and the wagon advanced along the side of the wire. Synchronously with the advancement of the wagon the crank shaft 21 is rotated, the enlargement 23 of said crank shaft rotating the clutch mounted thereon, the arms 25, 25, of said clutch engaging the arms of the reel 26 and rotating the reel, thus winding the wire on said reel. When it is desired to lead the wire from a diiferent direction or a direction at an angle relative to the path of advancement of the wagon, the yoke is turned on its vertical pivot 19 by means of the handle until the reel is brought into the position desired.

It is obvious that the yoke and reel carried thereby should at all times when in use be guided, controlled and steadied by means of the handle 30.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States therefor,

1. A device for winding loose wire comprising a clip rigidly mounted on a movable support, a hook removably mounted on said support in alignment with said clip, a yoke swiveled in said hook and clip, a shaft rotatably mounted in said yoke, a reel mounted upon said shaft, means of connection between said shaft and reel, a manually operated crank mounted on said shaft, and a handle secured to said yoke and extending at right angles to said shaft.

2. In a device for winding loose wire the combination with a movable support, of a yoke swiveled on said support, a reel mounted within said yoke, and rotating mechanism manually operated, whereby a movement of rotation is imparted to the said reel, together with a handle secured to said yoke, whereby a horizontal rotary motion may be imparted to the yoke to control the laying on of the wire.

3. In a device for winding loose wire the combination with a swiveled yoke and means for supporting and advancing the same, of a wire reel mounted within said yoke, means for rotating said wire reel, and a handle secured to said yoke, and adapted to be manually operated to impart to said yoke a horizontal rotary movement.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 23d day of June, 1892, at Des Moines, Iowa.

NEWTON RULE. In presence of J. 0. SWEET, G. R. GREEN. 

